Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-13
NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Fereign Mail Matters Dis
cunsed In the senate.
An EvIasnt Dsssrnlnatisa On sAs Part
of ssne Senator's . Have the soath
AmsrIcaa NAILS Carried
by Amsriszns.


The Senate.
WAsHrNaraE, Feb. l2.-Caneron, frem
TIE Commiitse on Naval Affairs, ~
parted bank with an anendment the bill
fntrodnsed by him yesterday 70 increase
fha raVsI esta abli.hmenta ard nave %.
kice that be will call Il up on Mond ny
immediataIy aftsr the morning. basinsss
The Rmendmeuts made by the Naval
Oomrnittes have ihe sffsof Of fixing th1
bonus 10 be paid 70 the contractor foz
% BE obtained By the neU cruisers
800, 600, and for each additional knot
$4,000. The aggregate ef TIE appro-
pEiatinn, $2i.a00oO. has not besn
changed.
Hals reported back from the Naval
0ommiiase, with IN amsndmant, kke
gido Tor 81 ineEeaso Of naval e11Abli1h-
call Il ~ af an early day.
The amendment appropriatss g 3.O00,- :
900 for the armament Of vessels, for the
construction Of which the biIl provides
an appropriation Of SIS. 400 600.
Mr.. Morgan moved 10 amend the sub
sidy amendment By using instead ct
werd ~buils," words "owned and OH
csred." % that the sentence win read
'.for the transportation af foreign
mails By foreign owned and ofAcersd
ateamshfpsn; aiso, to add paragraph
as follows: ssEuch stesmships 90 owned
and oflicsrea shall be entitled 70 Be en-
rolled. registered and licensed a. AmeEi-
can built ships ere while they are en-
pIoyed IN the execution Of said con
tracts for the transportation Of foreign
maila.n
Mr. Beck opposed the subsidy amsnd-
mens. The extract from she Postmas-
tsr General's report, be said. be had
heard before, but he bad in the Com
mitses and out Of the Oommiftee in
sisted that falss construction vas Pct
upon 10, and that the Fostoface Depart
mant wss as much opposed 10 this sub
sidy as Il had been 10 the subsidy of
last year. TIE proposed subsidy vas
not IN the interest," Of the Postoffioe De-
partment, but would be 10 the injury Of
that department. The majority Of the
Committee had seen it 20 assume that
the language Of the Postmaster Gen.
erals report vas IN aocordance with his
ewn idea, and therefore be had himRelf
applied 70 the Postmaster General for
his views on the subject, and had 70.
oeivod @ letter which he would nov
read 10 the senate.
The Postmaster General says in this
letter: "a fair reading Of my two re-
ports, one for 1885 and the ether for
1856 will show, unless / am very greatly
that the only object or pnf-
pose In visW, or suggestion IN my last
report vas 10 obtain the carriage OF the
mail 30 South American republics, With
q double service 10 Brazil at suoh o
cheap and economical figure as would be
necessary for the purpose, and thai no
idea Of q subsidy (for mere line Of
trade and travei), was proposed. There
are companies nominAlly or actually Of
foreign organization, which believe
would compete for this service and fur
nish it az comparatively cheap figures.
believe also, that IL competition were ad
mitted an American company would se-
cure the service instead Of foreign com-
panies, hut at fair remuneration and not
to be the recipients Of . subsidy. l
think there Ii good reason 20 expect this
result II the opportunity be afforded it,
and che enlargement Of our postal faoil-
titles NAY be secured With no vicious
curse Of subsidy legislation TO bring It
about. u was In this belief that the
suggestion vas made IN my report Of
1886. Not trying to meet arguments
made. perhaps In criticism on the report
or in support Of the assertion that the
suggestion for this new service is in
with the position taken in the
report Of 1885, I think at 70 st that / see
a distinction. That distisction itself is
clear and substantial, namely. that the
extension Of the postal service may be
secured usefully and desirably without
the payment Of Q dollar subsidy. but
only By giving fair remuneration for
the very limited mali carriage ct the
beginning"
After further debate she question vas
taken oa Mr.. MorQan's free ship amend
ment and IL was rejected, yeas 10, nays
81.
Mr.. Morgan moved 10 amend BY add
ing TO the Senate amendment words:
'sOne line Of steamships 10 carry the
mails provided for in this cot, shall be
required 20 sail 10 80 from seaport Of
the Gulf Of Mexico or Mississippi river
Agreed 10 without division.
Mr.. Frye moved 10 amend the CON-
mistee amendment By making u apply
10 all South Americas and Central
american Republics. Agreed 10 without
division